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1- Your car is perfect for this route if it has tyres of 15" so that u have good ground clearance. If your car touches from down at speed breakers then dont take it to naran
2- I have never travelled by road from Khi to Lhr. A couple of my friends travelled from Lahore to Karachi. Acc to them some bad portions of road come in sindh, In punjab the road is OK. Travel time approx. 16 hours. Stay suggested in bahawalpur or multan
3-Karachi-Lahore 1200 Km
Lahore-Burhan on motorway 400 Km
Burhan to Abbotabad 70 Km (takes 1 to 1.5 hrs)
Abbotabad to Naran 140 Km (6 hours)
4- From Isb, follow motorway till burhan exit and then turn towards hassanabdal on GT road and onwards to Abbotabad
5-Road from hassan abdal to mansehra is mettled but heavy traffic,,
road from mansehra to balakot and from balakot to paras is excellent offering beautiful scenery.. After that u hv to cross some landslides, glaciers but overall good.. Just be careful in mansehra, many first time visitors get the wrong track there and start following karakoram highway.. Just ask the ppl in Mansehra fro road to balakot
6- 2 weeks back when i was there, it was off season we got an excellent room in Royal Hotel Naran for just 1500. they told us that in season they will give the same room for 3000-6000
7- If u hv kids with u then dont go ahead of Naran to places like lalazar and go to saif ul muluk only if the jeep road is open. i wont suggest taking kids on pony rides to lake. thats not safe
8- Ask ur doctor for a good sunblock and definitely use it there. me and my friends got a really bad sun burn. Also before buying any snack or cold drink etc.. in That area, do check the expiry dates.. they sell 75% expired goods. Have a safe journey, remember in prayers